Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery
From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time with Some Account of Its Internal Organisation

E. Buckle (Edited by), J.W. Kaye (Edited by)

9789391928308

Hardback, published 20 November 2024

608 pages
23 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.9 kg

The first company of the Bengal Artillery was raised in 1749, and consisted of one Captain, one Second Captain, one Captain Lieutenant, three Lieutenant Fireworkers, four Sergeants, four Corporals, three Drummers and one hundred Gunners.

This book is a history of the Bengal Artillery and gives a detailed account of its internal organisation. The first company was destroyed in the Black Hole of 20 June 1756, where 45 of their men perished. The company was re-organized, and a second and the third company were raised. Captain Buckle's memoir has been considered a definitive work on the subject and covers the formation, development, equipment and the campaigns of the Bengal Artillery in detail.

• Chapter I: Introduction 1- 53
• Chapter II: Reduction of Golundaz Battlion 54-106
• Chapter III: Artillery one of the Brigades of the Army 107-162
• Chapter IV: Material Organisation 163-198
• Chapter V: Reorganisation in 1796 of the army 199-248
• Chapter VI: Lord Lake's Campaigns 249-311
• Chapter VII: 312-391
• Chapter VIII: Reduction 392-451
• Chapter IX: State of Affairs at Gwalior 452-466
• Chapter X: The Sikh Invasion 467-516
• Chapter XI: Kote Kangra 517-571